8/27/2023 0 Comments Men at war mods![]() ![]() Let the water cool and keep stirring it up and then plaster the water on your head and shape your hair. What you would do was wash your hair, then get a bowl of hot water and put sugar in it. Coveted shoes were hand-made winkle-pickers named for the extremely pointed toes which looked like the pins used to pick the meat out of periwinkle snails.īut the hair had to be just right, too. Their suits were tailor-made with narrow lapels and worn with crisp, pointed-collar shirts. Mod style for men included cravats and three-piece suits from the Edwardian era. ![]() Middle-class white kids poured into jazz clubs and coffee shops to hear R&B and cool jazz, donning tight, Italian jackets and suits from yesteryear. Fast-paced, modern jazz, mopeds, and amphetamines were ubiquitous with the scene. This went for both their music and their drugs. Style, freedom, and speed were the tenets of Mod culture. National Archives London Mods on Carnaby Street, London.
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